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balao

American

[buh-lou] / bəˈlaʊ /

noun

a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

balaos

plural

Etymology

Origin of balao

First recorded in 1850–55; from Puerto Rican Spanish balajú

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